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LITTLE SHOES BOOGIE
Choreographer: Jim Williams
DESCRIPTION: Circle Mixer
POSITION: Gents form inside circle facing out. Ladies form outside
circle facing in.
MUSIC: "Victim Of Life's Circumstances" Track 5 on "Sweet
Fire" CD by Michael Elvin Hunt
SOURCE: Country Dance Lines Magazine Volume 15 Number 3 - March
1992
Note: The choreographer dedicated this dance to the late Corrine
Wright
Note: The Half Moon Turns take some getting used to, but with
practice you can do them without touching down the toe. It feels
like your foot is doing a corkscrew. Neat! Also, Little Shoes
Boogie is as flirty or funny a dance as you like, as the guys
try to do the hip wiggles and the gals the shimmies. So, partner
up and see how bold you are.
BEATS/STEP DESCRIPTION
| Left Half Moon Turn - Left Touch, Sweep-Turn
CCW, Left, Right Kick |
| 1 |
With weight on Right foot touch Left toe forward |
| 2 |
Sweep Left foot to left, turning 180° CCW
on ball of Right foot keeping foot
in the air for the corkscrew effect. |
| (While learning to keep your balance, you
can touch Left toe next to right) |
| 3 |
Step forward on Left foot |
| 4 |
Kick with Right foot |
| Right Half Moon Turn - Right Touch, Sweep-Turn
CW, Right, Left Kick |
| 5 |
With weight on Left foot, touch toe or Right
forward |
| 6 |
Sweep Right foot to right, turning
180° CW on ball of Left foot keeping foot in the air for
the corkscrew effect |
| 7 |
Step forward on Right foot |
| 8 |
Kick with Left foot |
| Reverse Rolling Grapevine - Left
Step, CW Turn, CW Turn. CW Turn, Scoot |
| (The Reverse Rolling Grapevine is a 4 beat
move. From the position you faced when you started the dance,
the direction of the entire move is to your left. If this
makes you dizzy, it's OK to do a plain left grapevine.: Left,
behind, left, scoot) |
| 9 |
Step to left on Left foot starting
a 360° CW turn on ball of foot |
| (Think of rotating the Left foot CW as you
step down, the body will follow) |
| 10 |
Step on ball of Right foot to continue
CW turn |
| 11 |
Step on ball of Left foot finishing turn facing
the way you started |
| 12 |
Scoot forward on ball of Left foot bringing
Right knee up |
| Right Step, Scoot, Back, Slap |
| 13 |
Step forward on Right foot |
| 14 |
Scoot on ball of Right foot bringing
Left knee up and clap hands with partner |
| 15 |
Step back on Left foot |
| 16 |
Lift Right little shoe behind Left
knee and slap heel |
| Boogies and Shimmies - Beginning
on beats 17 through 24 below |
| Boogie: This is an 8 beat
hip-hip- movement |
| 1 - 4 |
Four hip-hips to the right while
stepping right, pause, touch, pause |
| 5 - 8 |
Four hip-hips to the left while stepping
left, pause, touch, pause |
| Shimmies: Ladies' Option
- For you bold and fun dancers, 8 beats or alternate shoulders
forward and back as you step right, pause, touch, pause, and
left, pause, touch, pause. Guys can do the shimmies too, but
generally the don't have enough - uh - shoulders. |
| Right, Pause, Touch, Pause, (Boogies
and Shimmies) |
| 17 & 18 |
Step Right foot to right, bend knees; Pause |
| 19 & 20 |
Step Left foot next to Right; Pause |
| Left, Pause, Touch, Pause, (Boogies
and Shimmies) |
| 21 & 22 |
Step Left foot to left, bend knees; Pause |
| 23 & 24 |
Touch Right foot next to Left; Pause |
| Right Kick, Ball-Change, Right
Kick, CW Hook-Turn |
| 25 |
Kick Right foot forward |
| & |
Step down on ball or Right foot
next to Left |
| 26 |
Change weight to Left foot |
| 27 |
Kick right foot forward |
| 28 |
Hook Right foot in front of Left
knee while turning 90° CW, with weight on ball or Left
foot |
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| Shuffle Forward |
| 29 & 30 |
Shuffle forward Right, Left, Right |
| 31 & 32 |
Shuffle forward Left, Right, Left |
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| Touch, Pivot, Stomp, Stomp |
| 33 |
Touch Right foot forward |
| 34 |
Pivot 90° turn CCW on ball of
Left foot |
| 35 |
Stomp Right foot next to left (Stomp
up) |
| 36 |
Stomp Right foot next to left (Stomp
up) |
| Touch, Pivot, Touch, Pivot |
| 37 |
Touch Right foot forward |
| 38 |
Pivot 180° CCW on ball of Left
foot |
| 39 |
Touch Right foot forward |
| 40 |
Pivot 180° CCW on ball of Left
foot |
| Show, Show, Right Back, Slap |
| 41 |
"Show new little shoe by lifting
Right foot in front of Left knee |
| & |
Present forward |
| (Ladies' styling: Lift skirt
to 'show off' shoes/boots) |
| 42 |
Show new little shoe |
| 43 |
Step Right foot back |
| 44 |
Lift Left new little shoe behind
Right knee slapping with Right hand |
| Left Kick, Ball-Change, Left
Kick, Ball-Change |
| 45 |
Kick Left foot forward |
| & |
Step down on ball of Left foot |
| 46 |
Change weight to Right foot |
| 47 |
Kick Left foot forward |
| & |
Step down on ball of Left foot |
| 48 |
Change weight to Right foot |
Repeat pattern
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